purpose: to compare complications and motility of hydroxyapatite versus medpor ocular implants after enucleation at ahvaz imam hospital (from jan 2010 to jun 2011). methods: in a clinical trial, 50 patients scheduled for enucleation were randomly divided in two groups of 25 patients. group 1 underwent enucleation + hydroxyapatite (ha) and group 2 underwent enucleation + medor implant. all patie...

purpose: to introduce the importance and world prevalence of ocular leishmaniasis (ol), its clinical manifestations, and diagnostic and management features with more emphasis on iranian cases. methods: we reviewed all available articles published about ol during recent 50 years. results: ol is an ocular protozoal infection which is widespread in the world but is more common in developing countr...

Background: Canine distemper (CD) is a highly fatal disease in dogs. Hence, it important to document the factors which are significantly correlated with poor prognosis amongst CD infected dogs develop prognostic index. Methods: Forty positive for virus by nested reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (nRT-PCR) were included our study at infectious Disease Unit (IDU), Madras Veterinary ...

PURPOSE Noninfectious uveitis results in vision loss and ocular complications without adequate treatment. We compared the risk of developing ocular complications between patients with noninfectious intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis, or panuveitis (NIIPPU) and matched controls. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of insurance claims data (OptumHealth, Eden Prairie, MN; January 1, 1998-March 31...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a hyaluronic acid containing eye drop in ameliorating ocular surface pathology and discomfort in canine keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS). Twenty five dogs with KCS treated with a topical carbomer (CA)-based tear replacement gel were moved to treatment with a hyaluronic acid (HA)-containing tear replacement eye drop. Dogs were subject to a fu...

Ocular involvement in lymphoma is a relatively rare condition that can result from a primary intraocular lymphoma or an intraocular manifestation of systemic lymphoma. Lymphoma manifestations frequently masquerade as other more benign intraocular conditions including allergic or infectious conjunctivitis, uveitis, multiple evanescent white dot syndrome, acute retinal necrosis, or herpetic retin...

we tried to evaluate prevalence and characteristics of iranian hiv infected patients with retinitis due to opportunistic infections. in this cross sectional study, we evaluated 106 hiv infected patients via indirect ophthalmoscopy and slit lamp examination by 90 lens to find retinitis cases. general information and results of ophthalmologic examination were analyzed. prevalence of retinitis due...

purpose : to report a case of adult ocular leech infestation case report : a 67-year-old male presented to the emergency department of farabi eye hospital with the complaint of bloody tear. slitlamp biomicroscopy of left eye revealed bloody lashes, bloody tear and a large black green foreign body attached to the inferotemporal bulbar conjunctiva. one cc of lidocaine 2% was injected directly to ...

conclusions although toxoplasmosis nr is rare, it should be considered in the differential diagnoses of nr. case presentation a 13-year-old girl presented with painless subacute visual loss in her right eye for a week at khatam-al-anbia eye hospital in mashhad, iran. following comprehensive evaluation, a diagnosis of toxoplasmic nr was made. the nr favorably responded to classic anti-toxoplasmo...